Maury Regional Medical Center (MRMC) has been designated as a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Knee and Hip replacement by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST). The designation is awarded to hospitals demonstrating outstanding expertise and efficiency in delivering specialty care resulting in better overall outcomes for patients.

“This is the second year that Maury Regional has been recognized for our Knee and Hip replacement services and we are the only facility in Middle Tennessee recognized as a Blue Distinction® Center+ in the latest BCBST ratings,” said Administrative Director of Orthopedic Services Carey Albright.

According to BCBST, the goal of the Blue Distinction® Center+ designation is to help patients find quality specialty care. To be considered, medical facilities must submit clinical data establishing that they meet objective, evidence-based thresholds for clinical quality. The Blue Distinction® Center+ designation is awarded only to facilities whose overall experience and aggregate data meets criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians’ and leading professional organizations’ recommendations.

“We have physicians, nurses and therapists who are committed to providing outstanding care to knee and hip replacement patients. I am immensely proud of the outcomes we help patients to achieve and I am pleased to have been recognized by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee,” said Chief Executive Officer Alan Watson.

Maury Regional Medical Center is a 275-bed facility that serves more than 260,000 people in southern Middle Tennessee and has a medical staff of more than 200 physicians. From a comprehensive interventional and surgical heart program to a neonatal intensive care and cancer center, the medical center offers a wide range of advanced services. The medical center has been recognized by Thomson Reuters in 2011 and 2012 as one of the nation’s Top Health Systems and, over the past three years has been designated a Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospital and 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital. Maury Regional serves as the flagship for a group of facilities including Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, Lewis Health Center in Hohenwald and Spring Hill Health Center in Spring Hill. A second facility will open in Spring Hill in 2013. For more information, visit mauryregional.com.